Nobel Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege writes about a chilling encounter in his book, The Power Of Women: A Doctor’s Journey Of Hope And Healing—a young man insists on meeting him …
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Knotty Love Triangle: After a story narration by a director in Ranjish Hi Sahi, he is told that he has just joined together bits and pieces of other films. This is …
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Riotous Rajneeti: The not-so-humble upstart, Nograj, has had quite a journey from radio to YouTube to cinema in the form of the successful 2018 Kannada film Humble Politiciann Nograj, directed by …
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Avneesh Mishra brought his group, Rangshila, back on stage after the long lockdown break, with Iss Desh Ka Yaaro Kya Kehna, a satire written by Lakshmikant Vaishnav. “This pandemic period …
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Fearless Femme Fatales : A young woman called Anarkali, who defies her powerful lover over a small matter, is literally walled into a tiny space, much like her namesake in …
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Annus Horribilis: Humour could be the only way of coping with the troubles and absurdities of the year gone by. Carrying on the tradition set with last year’s satirical Death To …
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The Lucy-Desi Show: At the peak of her popularity, the Lucille Ball-starrer TV show, I Love Lucy, had 60 million viewers, which gave her the freedom to overrule the director sometimes and …
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The Making Of A Superstar: On Rajesh Khanna’s birth anniversary, a flashback to one of his first films. Jatin Khanna, an ordinary young man from Mumbai, made it to the …
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Three And A Half Musketeers: The new book by Amor Towles, after the bittersweet A Gentleman In Moscow (2016), is a wonderful reaffirmation of friendship and faith, in the form …
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In his two period novels, which will hopefully expand into a long-running series, Vaseem Khan has created a wonderful character, Persis Wadia, the first female police officer in newly independent …